Casting a bit of light on the history of free blacks in the West, a Shakespearean actor brings a kind of humble audacity to role of the first black man to cast a vote in England. It's a lovingly and masterfully crafted performance, buoyant and never didactic.

The video version of the album is a goofy-fun immersion into a mid-1970s world of hyper-costumed, half-baked concept-album dizziness. But there's nothing half-baked about this masterful, somewhat neglected album.